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The dialogues' grammar is fine, but you should make everything else not-dialogue in past tense.

EDIT: Btw the one you're asking about? We are following a tone there, "Hearts are not to be bought but stolen, they say" is the more proper one. The one I posted earlier follows more precisely to the actual wording (you would kinda pause a bit at 'bought') though it looks weird in writing. Or just two ways of speech.

There's no such thing as too cheesy. People claim my stuff to be too dramatic, but heck, when I write I want my story to shake the world (kinda), and MLGN simply LOVES to be dramatic - the characters are very naive that they word out their feelings a lot more clearly and easily than in real life, something that I has always loved about this anime.

"How are things?" Dieci asked as she and Otto fired another volley of suppressive fire into the crowd of weird women. "I'm worried about my family."

"They should be fine." Otto replied as she fired another Ray Storm into the crowd. "These things are fast." By her own estimations, nearly a hundred of these women had avoided her Ray Storms and had attempted to get close to her and Dieci for an easy victory.

Attempted, because Deed proved that she knew a similar moving technique to the Mariages and was able to drive them off. Well, that and the fact that she could split into at least eight copies of herself.

Dieci raised an eyebrow. "Been practicing?" The last time Dieci checked, Deed could only get four clones, well, three if you didn't include the original.

"Yeah," Deed nodded as she chucked her sword behind her head, bisecting one of the Mariages as it tried to sneak up on her. "Mom has been helpful, so has Val. Never thought that Dragon magic was so useful."

"The Doctor never knew about this magic." Otto said as she clapped her hands and then spread them wide, sending a green wave outwards and into the crowd. "Even so, I do not have any clue how to make this go any faster."

"Mom did teach us that new spell." Deed spoke up, causing Otto to blink, before nodding at her twin. "Do you mind if I try it?"

"Feel free," Otto held up a hand and the three were covered by a green bubble. "I do not think I can keep this field up for very long against their assault."

"Can I fire out of it?" Dieci asked, getting a nod from Otto. "Good." She aimed her cannon into the crowd, blowing several of them away. "You know, I'm surprised they're dying so easily."

"They seem to be made for numbers, to overwhelm their enemies, but they are not made especially tough." Otto regretted saying that as, a moment later, over ten of those women were suddenly around them and stabbing through the barrier. "Deed, where are your clones?"

"Sorry," Deed said, sweat falling down her face as she concentrated on the magic she was gathering. "I am not used to using Dragon magic and keeping my clones up."

Dieci grunted as she slammed one of the Mariages with her cannon, only to cry out as one slashed her across her legs, rear and lower back, tearing into her flesh and forcing her to her knees. Turning her head, she could only watch as the Mariage that had cut her legs raised its arm back to stab her. 'I'm sorry, grandmother.' She said to herself and braced herself for the end. 'I deserve this, after what I did to, huh?!' Her eyes widened in shock as she felt a hand on her legs and a sinking sensation as she disappeared through the ground.

A second later, she reappeared next to Otto as the Mariages around them were hit with a purple streak that bounced off of each one, causing them to jerk and fall one after another. "Sheesh, you need to be more careful, Dieci." Sein said as she popped out of the ground next to them, smiling. "We heard about the fires and I got worried about my cute little sisters, so I asked Tre to help me come down here." She tapped Dieci on the nose and looked at Otto, who looked relieved. "So, what's going on? You three looked like you had it well in hand a moment ago."

"This," Deed said as she pointed her hand out at the mass that was making their way towards them, "Chaotic Disintegrate!"

There was a cracking sound that turned into a loud roar that filled the air before a flash of white erupted in the middle of the group of Mariages. Sein, Dieci and Otto all had to cover their faces and look away from the bright flash. When the light and sound had ended, the three blinked their eyes and looked at what happened to the Mariages.

Or rather, what remained of them as all that was there was smoking body parts that littered the ground. Amazingly, there wasn't a single damaged building or a crater from the devastation.

"Woah." Dieci's eyes were wide as she looked at the destruction. "How come the ground isn't destroyed?"

Before anyone could answer her, there was a thud and Otto turned, gasping as Deed was laying, face down, on the ground. "Deed!" Otto grabbed her sister and lifted her up. "Are you okay?"

Otto looked on, worried for her twin, suddenly remembering what Filia had said about using the higher end Dragon magic that they could.

*Flash*

Filia looked at Wendi, Deed, Sette and Otto before sighing. "Even though you can use this spell, you should know that until your bodies get used to your Dragon magic, it'll be pretty draining on you."

"How bad?" Sette asked, curiousity tinging her voice.

"Well, I'm not sure," Filia chuckled, "I only know that partial Dragons have always had difficulty using high-tier Dragon magic. Anyway, as for the spell itself, it was designed to be strong enough to stop most Mazoku and evil beings cold. It won't work on high level Mazoku, but then again," Filia sighed and shook her head, "they cheat, almost nothing works on them anyway. There should be very little to any damage to your surroundings, so it won't destroy the city if you use it in the middle of downtown." She looked at Wendi, who's eyes lit up in glee. "However, this will still hurt people badly if you use it in a crowded area, so don't be stupid with it."

Wendi giggled nervously and rubbed the back of her head.

*End Flashback*

"Impressive." Dieci blinked as Tre walked up behind them, nodding at the damage, before looking at her. "You left yourself open." Before anyone could say anything, Tre knelt down next to Dieci and put her hand on the girl's legs, a soft light coming from Tre's hand had Dieci staring in shock. "What? Learning some basic healing spells never hurt anyone." Tre smirked at Dieci and used her free hand to ruffle the girl's hair.

Dieci smiled at that. "Thank you."

"Don't thank me yet," Tre looked at Deed, who looked ready to pass out. "This was just one area, we've got a lot of these things left.

Sein looked around the city and shivered as she saw the bodies all over the place. "This is... A nightmare."

The others could only nod.

(---)

Elsewhere...

Miyuki panted, the Sword of Light in her hands, Arashi and Vivio were behind her. If Miyuki could look at them, she'd see that they didn't seem afraid of what was going on, at least as long as she didn't look at their legs, which were wobbling. Not that Miyuki would have blamed them. She was good, she was very good, but she was one person, with no magic against at least several hundred identical enemies that could change their arms into weapons and sometimes move so fast that she swore they were stealing tricks from her family's handbook.

Still, she had the Sword of Light, her own skills and a few tricks up her sleeve. If she wasn't guarding Vivio and Arashi, she'd be able to tear into this group of enemies easily. "I need a miracle," she muttered to herself as she dodged around a slash at her face, slashed upwards to cut that Mariage in half and kicked the body away from her, before spinning and lobbing off the head of another Mariage.

Part of Miyuki hoped that this wasn't bothering Vivio and Arashi too much. Doing another quick spin that had her crouching as a result, Miyuki was glad that a wave of energy erupted from her sword, cutting at least twenty of the Mariage in half.

The next thing Miyuki knew, the ground in front of her erupted upwards, sending the Mariages flying, before a giant fireball lit up the early morning sky. Turning, Miyuki thought it was her mother, before staring at who was there. "...Aunt Luna?"

Luna Inverse smirked at Miyuki. "I might not be quite as good as Lina is... But I still have some magic and sword skills that I can use." Pulling out a thin long blade, Luna made her way to Miyuki, carving her way through the Mariage until she was next to her niece. "Besides," Luna said as she and Miyuki made their way into the crowd, hacking and slashing, "Lina would kill me if I didn't do what I could to save her children."

Miyuki nodded and gasped as several Mariage disappeared from in front of her. Spinning around, her eyes widened as they appeared behind the children. "Damn!" She ran for the kids, hoping that she could make it.

Just before the Mariage could stab downwards, both Vivio and Arashi disappeared in a black flash. Miyuki didn't even bother wondering what just happened, she had seen that before. Instead, she just grinned and drove Gorun Nova through the Mariage's neck, decapitating it. "Arashi, where'd you go?"

"Up here!" Looking up, Miyuki sweat-dropped as she saw Vivio and Arashi on the roof of the house. "Go nee-chan!"

"You just stay there then!" Miyuki yelled and turned around, narrowing her eyes at the Mariage. "You freaks messed with the wrong family."

"Indeed they did." Luna said as she jumped back to land next to Miyuki. "Say, can I borrow that for one second?" When Miyuki handed it over, Luna grinned and pointed it at the Mariage. "I've heard that this thing can do some crazy stuff, so... Rune Flare!"

Luna had been expecting a large ball of flame to erupt in the middle of the Mariage, scattering and destroying most of them.

Miyuki didn't know what a Rune Flare did, but she knew it was a magic spell from her mother's world, and she was hoping it was a good spell.

What happened next had them both gaping in shock.

A ball of flame appeared in the middle of the group of Mariage that was about the size of a basketball. In less than a second, it quickly grew to the size of a large television, then to the size of a compact car, and expanded further to the size of a Sherman tank. Before either Miyuki or Luna could make sense of what was going on, the ball of flames exploded outwards in a spiraling motion, destroying and knocking over everything on the street that wasn't nailed down, and several things that were, including both Miyuki and Luna.

Groaning as she sat up, Miyuki gaped at the scene. Sure, there were still Mariage coming at them, but they were almost a block away, even if they were closing in fast. "...Aunt Luna," Miyuki said as she took the Sword of Light from her aunt. "I don't think I ever want to see that again."

"At least not so close," Luna nodded as she stood up, grateful that the explosion never reached the house behind her. Taking a few steps forward, Luna looked up to the roof and sighed as she saw that Vivio and Arashi were both okay. "Well then, Miyuki, shall we dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

"Too bad it's not Saturday night." Miyuki smirked as the two rushed forward to deal with the oncoming Mariages.

Hopefully someone could figure out how to deal with these things before too long. After all, Miyuki might have been good, but she was only human, and she didn't have unlimited stamina for this.

"How are things?" Dieci asked as she and Otto fired another volley of suppressive fire into the crowd of weird women. "I'm worried about my family."

"They should be fine." Otto replied as she fired another Ray Storm into the crowd. "These things are fast." By her own estimations, nearly a hundred of these women had avoided her Ray Storms and had attempted to get close to her and Dieci for an easy victory.

Attempted, because Deed proved that she knew a similar moving technique to the Mariages and was able to drive them off. Well, that and the fact that she could split into at least eight copies of herself.

Dieci raised an eyebrow. "Been practicing?" The last time Dieci checked, Deed could only get four clones, well, three if you didn't include the original.

"Yeah," Deed nodded as she chucked her sword behind her head, bisecting one of the Mariages as it tried to sneak up on her. "Mom has been helpful, so has Val. Never thought that Dragon magic was so useful."

"The Doctor never knew about this magic." Otto said as she clapped her hands and then spread them wide, sending a green wave outwards and into the crowd. "Even so, I do not have any clue how to make this go any faster."

"Mom did teach us that new spell." Deed spoke up, causing Otto to blink, before nodding at her twin. "Do you mind if I try it?"

"Feel free," Otto held up a hand and the three were covered by a green bubble. "I do not think I can keep this field up for very long against their assault."

"Can I fire out of it?" Dieci asked, getting a nod from Otto. "Good." She aimed her cannon into the crowd, blowing several of them away. "You know, I'm surprised they're dying so easily."

"They seem to be made for numbers, to overwhelm their enemies, but they are not made especially tough." Otto regretted saying that as, a moment later, over ten of those women were suddenly around them and stabbing through the barrier. "Deed, where are your clones?"

"Sorry," Deed said, sweat falling down her face as she concentrated on the magic she was gathering. "I am not used to using Dragon magic and keeping my clones up."

Dieci grunted as she slammed one of the Mariages with her cannon, only to cry out as one slashed her across her legs, rear and lower back, tearing into her flesh and forcing her to her knees. Turning her head, she could only watch as the Mariage that had cut her legs raised its arm back to stab her. 'I'm sorry, grandmother.' She said to herself and braced herself for the end. 'I deserve this, after what I did to, huh?!' Her eyes widened in shock as she felt a hand on her legs and a sinking sensation as she disappeared through the ground.

A second later, she reappeared next to Otto as the Mariages around them were hit with a purple streak that bounced off of each one, causing them to jerk and fall one after another. "Sheesh, you need to be more careful, Dieci." Sein said as she popped out of the ground next to them, smiling. "We heard about the fires and I got worried about my cute little sisters, so I asked Tre to help me come down here." She tapped Dieci on the nose and looked at Otto, who looked relieved. "So, what's going on? You three looked like you had it well in hand a moment ago."

"This," Deed said as she pointed her hand out at the mass that was making their way towards them, "Chaotic Disintegrate!"

There was a cracking sound that turned into a loud roar that filled the air before a flash of white erupted in the middle of the group of Mariages. Sein, Dieci and Otto all had to cover their faces and look away from the bright flash. When the light and sound had ended, the three blinked their eyes and looked at what happened to the Mariages.

Or rather, what remained of them as all that was there was smoking body parts that littered the ground. Amazingly, there wasn't a single damaged building or a crater from the devastation.

"Woah." Dieci's eyes were wide as she looked at the destruction. "How come the ground isn't destroyed?"

Before anyone could answer her, there was a thud and Otto turned, gasping as Deed was laying, face down, on the ground. "Deed!" Otto grabbed her sister and lifted her up. "Are you okay?"

Otto looked on, worried for her twin, suddenly remembering what Filia had said about using the higher end Dragon magic that they could.

*Flash*

Filia looked at Wendi, Deed, Sette and Otto before sighing. "Even though you can use this spell, you should know that until your bodies get used to your Dragon magic, it'll be pretty draining on you."

"How bad?" Sette asked, curiousity tinging her voice.

"Well, I'm not sure," Filia chuckled, "I only know that partial Dragons have always had difficulty using high-tier Dragon magic. Anyway, as for the spell itself, it was designed to be strong enough to stop most Mazoku and evil beings cold. It won't work on high level Mazoku, but then again," Filia sighed and shook her head, "they cheat, almost nothing works on them anyway. There should be very little to any damage to your surroundings, so it won't destroy the city if you use it in the middle of downtown." She looked at Wendi, who's eyes lit up in glee. "However, this will still hurt people badly if you use it in a crowded area, so don't be stupid with it."

Wendi giggled nervously and rubbed the back of her head.

*End Flashback*

"Impressive." Dieci blinked as Tre walked up behind them, nodding at the damage, before looking at her. "You left yourself open." Before anyone could say anything, Tre knelt down next to Dieci and put her hand on the girl's legs, a soft light coming from Tre's hand had Dieci staring in shock. "What? Learning some basic healing spells never hurt anyone." Tre smirked at Dieci and used her free hand to ruffle the girl's hair.

Dieci smiled at that. "Thank you."

"Don't thank me yet," Tre looked at Deed, who looked ready to pass out. "This was just one area, we've got a lot of these things left.

Sein looked around the city and shivered as she saw the bodies all over the place. "This is... A nightmare."

The others could only nod.

(---)

Elsewhere...

Miyuki panted, the Sword of Light in her hands, Arashi and Vivio were behind her. If Miyuki could look at them, she'd see that they didn't seem afraid of what was going on, at least as long as she didn't look at their legs, which were wobbling. Not that Miyuki would have blamed them. She was good, she was very good, but she was one person, with no magic against at least several hundred identical enemies that could change their arms into weapons and sometimes move so fast that she swore they were stealing tricks from her family's handbook.

Still, she had the Sword of Light, her own skills and a few tricks up her sleeve. If she wasn't guarding Vivio and Arashi, she'd be able to tear into this group of enemies easily. "I need a miracle," she muttered to herself as she dodged around a slash at her face, slashed upwards to cut that Mariage in half and kicked the body away from her, before spinning and lobbing off the head of another Mariage.

Part of Miyuki hoped that this wasn't bothering Vivio and Arashi too much. Doing another quick spin that had her crouching as a result, Miyuki was glad that a wave of energy erupted from her sword, cutting at least twenty of the Mariage in half.

The next thing Miyuki knew, the ground in front of her erupted upwards, sending the Mariages flying, before a giant fireball lit up the early morning sky. Turning, Miyuki thought it was her mother, before staring at who was there. "...Aunt Luna?"

Luna Inverse smirked at Miyuki. "I might not be quite as good as Lina is... But I still have some magic and sword skills that I can use." Pulling out a thin long blade, Luna made her way to Miyuki, carving her way through the Mariage until she was next to her niece. "Besides," Luna said as she and Miyuki made their way into the crowd, hacking and slashing, "Lina would kill me if I didn't do what I could to save her children."

Miyuki nodded and gasped as several Mariage disappeared from in front of her. Spinning around, her eyes widened as they appeared behind the children. "Damn!" She ran for the kids, hoping that she could make it.

Just before the Mariage could stab downwards, both Vivio and Arashi disappeared in a black flash. Miyuki didn't even bother wondering what just happened, she had seen that before. Instead, she just grinned and drove Gorun Nova through the Mariage's neck, decapitating it. "Arashi, where'd you go?"

"Up here!" Looking up, Miyuki sweat-dropped as she saw Vivio and Arashi on the roof of the house. "Go nee-chan!"

"You just stay there then!" Miyuki yelled and turned around, narrowing her eyes at the Mariage. "You freaks messed with the wrong family."

"Indeed they did." Luna said as she jumped back to land next to Miyuki. "Say, can I borrow that for one second?" When Miyuki handed it over, Luna grinned and pointed it at the Mariage. "I've heard that this thing can do some crazy stuff, so... Rune Flare!"

Luna had been expecting a large ball of flame to erupt in the middle of the Mariage, scattering and destroying most of them.

Miyuki didn't know what a Rune Flare did, but she knew it was a magic spell from her mother's world, and she was hoping it was a good spell.

What happened next had them both gaping in shock.

A ball of flame appeared in the middle of the group of Mariage that was about the size of a basketball. In less than a second, it quickly grew to the size of a large television, then to the size of a compact car, and expanded further to the size of a Sherman tank. Before either Miyuki or Luna could make sense of what was going on, the ball of flames exploded outwards in a spiraling motion, destroying and knocking over everything on the street that wasn't nailed down, and several things that were, including both Miyuki and Luna.

Groaning as she sat up, Miyuki gaped at the scene. Sure, there were still Mariage coming at them, but they were almost a block away, even if they were closing in fast. "...Aunt Luna," Miyuki said as she took the Sword of Light from her aunt. "I don't think I ever want to see that again."

"At least not so close," Luna nodded as she stood up, grateful that the explosion never reached the house behind her. Taking a few steps forward, Luna looked up to the roof and sighed as she saw that Vivio and Arashi were both okay. "Well then, Miyuki, shall we dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

"Too bad it's not Saturday night." Miyuki smirked as the two rushed forward to deal with the oncoming Mariages.

Hopefully someone could figure out how to deal with these things before too long. After all, Miyuki might have been good, but she was only human, and she didn't have unlimited stamina for this.

Me: Must be in the genes.... *points at Luna's attempt on casting Rune Flare with the sword of light.*

Odin: At least it's not 17,280 missiles converging into one area just to blow up a few targets.

Elane: What's wrong making sure those guys stay dead?

Odin: Waste of ammunition for later use.

Val: And the Numbers are in the house... Except for Due unless Lutecia decided to join the fray to help her friends...

Sarah: I say Due need some bodyguard training if that happens.

Reia: Chaotic Disintegrate... Nice AOE spell... heavy damage to an area with minimal effects to the surroundings.

Jill: Why these THINGS keep on coming!? *Shot a Mariage with her magnum.*

Leon:Watch out!! *Blasted a group of Mariages near Jill with a RPG before spraying Claire's flank with his SMG.*

Claire: We didn't have THIS problems when we go against Umbrella. *Covered Jill and Leon with her own pair of mini-SMG.*

Odin: Ignore the lost souls who end up fighting the Mariages atm...

Reia: At least those things are no Einst or they're gonna have problems with numbers AND regeneration.

*Suddenly a group of Einst Kaguya appeared and got attacked by the Mariages.*

"Yuuno-kun.."
"Yes Nanoha?"
"Hayate has been telling me a few things..."
"A few things"
"Yeah...why did you get a night job"
"Oh..."
"Those things..."
"Umm...well..."
"You see Nanoha...umm...*sighs loudly*"
"Well, I had nothing better to do, and one of my underlings told me of a job opening as a prank"
"a prank?"

"I have sent her in an apprentice ship under Hayate. She sent me a cake in thanks last week."
"Yuuno...back on topic. Just WHY did you feel the need to get another job. Much less THAT job."
"Well, weren't you and Fate saying that I needed to get out and meet new people?"
"That is NOT what I meant"

"well, Admiral Letti and Lindy didn't seem to mind when I came one the stage with my troupe for their Academy Reunion"
"...you...you...you did WHAT!"
"ow...ow...I still have a bit of a headache from last night. Could you please not scream Nanoha."

"what do you mean 'last' night."
"Well, I had an appointment. In case it ever comes up, mere men are not capable of handling those combat cyborgs."
"Really," deadpans Nanoha.
"Ginga is a grabby drunk."

"And Sein was asking if I wanted to do it 'between the walls'...what ever the hell that was suppost to mean."
"Any others..."
"Yeah, Subaru and Nove decided to try and join."

"They might be great on rollerblades...but, they are pants at dancing while drunk."
"Yuuno-kun...that was more than I EVER wanted to know about my subordinate."
"So I don't mention about Teana molesting Subaru as 'just desserts'...or me...or the passing waitress."
"Or her declaration of being Hayate's heir apparent?"
"Oh...dear...gods..."
"You mind visiting Fate tomorrow morning. I refuse to suffer this alone."

"Umm...you are the one that asked about what I was doing last night."
"That was NOT the point I was try to make."
"Ow...Ow...Ow...Nanoha, can you please not pull on the ear. My hangover and the ear pull are NOT helping anything."

"We are going to Hayate's...and we are going to find a way so that you no longer are doing this job."
"Ow...Ow...Ow....Nanoha, can you please let go of the ear."
"No"

Just a tangent created on AIM while talking with Old Iron. Something I tend to to when discussing ideas some times. Might take a few reads to figure out who is talking, just for a warning.

I blame GD for this...

Spoiler for spoiler:

"I knew you're a party animal when you're not working, but this is just..."
"Magnificent? Beautiful?"
"I wouldn't go that far, but yes. Something along the line."
"Ah, here come the special entertainment.
"Special-? Wait...it's that?"
"The Head Librarian? What is he- ooohhhh"
"I didn't know he can do that.*chuckles* Interesting..."
"Hey, I saw him first. Back off."
"Well, why don't we share?"
"... Not a bad idea actually."

"Admiral? Mrs Harlaown said you know someone that can provide great entertainment"
"She said that?"
"Yes. Umm, can you help me? Ginga's birthday is coming soon, and..."
"Ah, say no more. Here's the details."

Author's notes: Not really a lot to say now so I guess I'll just post some updates.

Added OC to summary, added OC's meaning to notes in prologue.

Added Kiran's statistics to my profile page for anyone who is interested.

Changed all question marks and exclamation marks that were together to ?.! so that both appear. That's about it.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to MGLN StrikerS, whether it is the anime, manga or sound stage.
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---Author's notes: Some scenes from the canon that were not meant to be changed may have been changed after all (eg, dialogue). This is because I was too lazy to watch the episode again and copy word for word, I just did everything from memory.

Many thanks to the person who favorited this, if you want a special mention just let me know.

Once again, thank you all for reading, I really hope the other chapters will satisfy you. Until next time!

Notes for those who are reading the version here: Some words have been changed but they did not affect the story so I won't post the changes here.

Well, I just want to say, All straight pair suck.
Because the pretty woman of Nanoha should stay with other pretty woman to have a more
pretty combination.
Also, straight doujin suck, I hope destroy them in one moment

Subaru raced along her Wing Road and shuddered as she saw the Mariage walking under her. She wanted to be down there, using her fists to pound on them, flatten them, stop them from harming any more people.

"Subaru, I swear, if you do anything but go straight for the site..." Teana had warned her over ten minutes ago, but it still rankled that she wasn't fighting against the Mariage directly. As she got to the edge of the crowd of Mariage, her eyes widened as she saw something she never thought she'd see.

"Voltz!" Subaru yelled as she got closer to the group.

Turning, the older, scarred man nodded to her. "I'd love to chat, but we've got to get ready to make our move."

Subaru looked at the large group of Ground and Rescue forces and had to stare in shock. "Wow, I didn't know that there was..."

"So much coordination?" Voltz asked, getting a nod from Subaru. "You can thank her for that." He pointed off to a woman who was walking towards them.

Subaru looked at where he was pointing and blinked. "Hey, you're..."

"Auris Gaiz," she adjusted her glasses as she looked the two over, "Voltz, are your troops ready?" He nodded to her and she turned her attention to Subaru. "Subaru Nakajima, are you here to assist us?"

Subaru shook her head. "I'd love to, but I'm under orders to investigate sector K267. There's a chance that the person behind this whole mess is operating from there."

Auris nodded and looked at the troops. "Alright people, from our eyes in the sky, other than those fighting against these things, there should be no civilians or non-combatants left. Only attack those that look completely identical and don't hold back, from what we've seen, none of these people will either."

Voltz looked at Subaru and rubbed his hand on her head, getting a soft blush from her. "I know you'll probably tell me to be careful, but I'm no magic user, the best I can do is pull people out if they're hurt right now. As for you, you be careful, okay? If I find out that one of these things did you in, I'll have to find out which one and kill it in revenge, won't I?"

Subaru chuckled and nodded. "Thanks, see ya." She turned and rushed off on her Wing Road, hoping that she wasn't on a wild goose chase.

As they watched Subaru go, both Voltz and Auris had similar thoughts. They would have preferred her to be there, guarding everyone's backs and taking the enemy head on.

(---)

It took Subaru over ten minutes at full speed to reach the scrap yard. "Nove probably could have been here in less than eight." She grumbled to herself, thinking that it wasn't fair that her little sister was faster on her Airliner than she was on her Wing Road. Taking a few breaths, Subaru narrowed her eyes as an explosion suddenly rocked a half-cannibalized, half-sunken ship. She wasn't sure why that ship hadn't been destroyed, but then again, things always seemed to have some use to them, even if it was just for scrap metal to be melted down for cars and other stuff.

Zipping in through the flaming wreckage, Subaru gasped as she saw one of the Mariages there. It turned to look at her before morphing its arm into a cannon and firing at her.

"ACK!" Subaru flailed her arms and she leaned back and fell off her Wing Road. Looking up, she grimaced as she saw the ceiling she entered start to groan, before creaking and falling apart. "Well then," Subaru turned to the Mariage, which was adjusting its arm to fire at her again, "I can't let you hurt anyone! Divine..." Her Wing Road reformed under her feet and she rocketed towards the Mariage, even as it primed another shot at her. "MAGNUM!"

(---)

Looking over her shoulder, the Mariage would have narrowed her eyes if she could have, at the explosion she heard some distance off. Turning, she walked down the makeshift hallway, ignoring the debris around her until she came across the very thing that she was looking for. "Your majesty, Ix," the Mariage got to one knee and bowed to her ruler. "It is an honor serving you, yet again, oh great and powerful king. Allow us, your personal army, to turn this world into a wasteland to signify your glorious return."

"I wish you wouldn't." A young voice spoke up and the Mariage looked up to see a girl who was physically about eleven years old, look at her with sad eyes. "Must my awakening be nothing more than the harbinger of destruction?" The girl stepped forward, sighing as she looked at her silk dress. "It is nice to be awake, but I do not like how every time I am, everyone I know is gone."

The Mariage stood up and bowed to her. "Lord Ix, we should not tarry long. I shall show you the glorious army that we have prepared for your return."

"I wouldn't go that far." A new voice spoke up and Ix gasped as she saw someone in the doorway to the room. Turning, the Mariage saw a girl in shorts, a short jacket with some sort of black shirt under it, wheeled shoes, a heavily gloved right hand, short purple hair, her arms, stomach and head all had some blood running down them. "I had to beat up another one of your buddies as I came in, now..." She looked at Ix and her eyes widened. "Wait, there was someone here?"

The Mariage stood in front of Ix and morphed its arm into a blade. "You will not touch our king."

Subaru grinned at the Mariage and shifted to a defensive stance. "Funny, because I think that your king is coming with me." When the Mariage in front of her disappeared, Subaru simply dropped to her knees and slammed a fist into the ground, a storm of magical energy spun around her before rushing up in a massive torrential storm. When Subaru heard the Mariage let out a cry of surprise before being blasted away, she moved to a standing position and slowly turned around to see the Mariage slumping to the ground. "Now then... You can let me take your king, or we can continue fighting."

The Mariage said nothing and pointed its arm, which morphed into a cannon, at Subaru.

"Figures," Subaru sighed as she saw that. "Too bad my partner's about to get you." Subaru looked to her left, grinning.

The Mariage turned its head for only a moment, before snapping attention back to Subaru. By that time Subaru had managed to cross the gap, grab the Mariage by her head and lift her up.

"Just so you know," Subaru narrowed her eyes as she squeezed her hand around the Mariage's head, "I don't like people who hurt others pointlessly."

"For our king, Ix!" The Mariage said as she put her cannon arm on Subaru's stomach. "Die."

"You first." Subaru said as she spun and threw the Mariage against the wall. "Divine... MAGNUM!" A sphere formed in her hand before she punched forward, slamming into the wall behind the Mariage as she disappeared from view. "Damn."

"You will make for a powerful Mariage." Subaru's eyes widened as she heard that voice speak from behind her, "now die."

Ix watched, sadly, as her Mariage thrust its arm forward to pierce the girl through her neck. It never got easy to deal with watching people die, even if she had seen it countless times over her endless life.

What happened next wasn't something that she saw too often as several chains snapped around the Mariage, holding her still.

"Should have done this sooner." Subaru said as she turned around and raised her hand upwards until it was eye level, her fingers twitching as a Belkan triangle formed under her feet. "I can't stand people who abuse their power," her hand was glowing as energy seemed to erupt from her fingers, "no matter your reasons, there's never a good reason for using your power to harm those who can't fight back."

"You can," the Mariage pointed out to Subaru, who narrowed her eyes at it.

"I wasn't talking about me! I was talking about that man who killed himself, and it's all your fault!" Subaru screamed as she punched forward, striking the Mariage in the head so hard that the head went flying off and bounced along the floor for several feet. Subaru glared at the body as it fell, panting hard before her anger left her. "I don't..." She trembled and fell to her knees, "I don't like harming people, I don't like it when people use their power to harm others." Squeezing her eyes shut, Subaru could still see that man's look of utter terror as he slashed himself before falling over the balcony. "I'm sorry, I wish I could have saved you."

Subaru raced along her Wing Road and shuddered as she saw the Mariage walking under her. She wanted to be down there, using her fists to pound on them, flatten them, stop them from harming any more people.

"Subaru, I swear, if you do anything but go straight for the site..." Teana had warned her over ten minutes ago, but it still rankled that she wasn't fighting against the Mariage directly. As she got to the edge of the crowd of Mariage, her eyes widened as she saw something she never thought she'd see.

"Voltz!" Subaru yelled as she got closer to the group.

Turning, the older, scarred man nodded to her. "I'd love to chat, but we've got to get ready to make our move."

Subaru looked at the large group of Ground and Rescue forces and had to stare in shock. "Wow, I didn't know that there was..."

"So much coordination?" Voltz asked, getting a nod from Subaru. "You can thank her for that." He pointed off to a woman who was walking towards them.

Subaru looked at where he was pointing and blinked. "Hey, you're..."

"Auris Gaiz," she adjusted her glasses as she looked the two over, "Voltz, are your troops ready?" He nodded to her and she turned her attention to Subaru. "Subaru Nakajima, are you here to assist us?"

Subaru shook her head. "I'd love to, but I'm under orders to investigate sector K267. There's a chance that the person behind this whole mess is operating from there."

Auris nodded and looked at the troops. "Alright people, from our eyes in the sky, other than those fighting against these things, there should be no civilians or non-combatants left. Only attack those that look completely identical and don't hold back, from what we've seen, none of these people will either."

Voltz looked at Subaru and rubbed his hand on her head, getting a soft blush from her. "I know you'll probably tell me to be careful, but I'm no magic user, the best I can do is pull people out if they're hurt right now. As for you, you be careful, okay? If I find out that one of these things did you in, I'll have to find out which one and kill it in revenge, won't I?"

Subaru chuckled and nodded. "Thanks, see ya." She turned and rushed off on her Wing Road, hoping that she wasn't on a wild goose chase.

As they watched Subaru go, both Voltz and Auris had similar thoughts. They would have preferred her to be there, guarding everyone's backs and taking the enemy head on.

(---)

It took Subaru over ten minutes at full speed to reach the scrap yard. "Nove probably could have been here in less than eight." She grumbled to herself, thinking that it wasn't fair that her little sister was faster on her Airliner than she was on her Wing Road. Taking a few breaths, Subaru narrowed her eyes as an explosion suddenly rocked a half-cannibalized, half-sunken ship. She wasn't sure why that ship hadn't been destroyed, but then again, things always seemed to have some use to them, even if it was just for scrap metal to be melted down for cars and other stuff.

Zipping in through the flaming wreckage, Subaru gasped as she saw one of the Mariages there. It turned to look at her before morphing its arm into a cannon and firing at her.

"ACK!" Subaru flailed her arms and she leaned back and fell off her Wing Road. Looking up, she grimaced as she saw the ceiling she entered start to groan, before creaking and falling apart. "Well then," Subaru turned to the Mariage, which was adjusting its arm to fire at her again, "I can't let you hurt anyone! Divine..." Her Wing Road reformed under her feet and she rocketed towards the Mariage, even as it primed another shot at her. "MAGNUM!"

(---)

Looking over her shoulder, the Mariage would have narrowed her eyes if she could have, at the explosion she heard some distance off. Turning, she walked down the makeshift hallway, ignoring the debris around her until she came across the very thing that she was looking for. "Your majesty, Ix," the Mariage got to one knee and bowed to her ruler. "It is an honor serving you, yet again, oh great and powerful king. Allow us, your personal army, to turn this world into a wasteland to signify your glorious return."

"I wish you wouldn't." A young voice spoke up and the Mariage looked up to see a girl who was physically about eleven years old, look at her with sad eyes. "Must my awakening be nothing more than the harbinger of destruction?" The girl stepped forward, sighing as she looked at her silk dress. "It is nice to be awake, but I do not like how every time I am, everyone I know is gone."

The Mariage stood up and bowed to her. "Lord Ix, we should not tarry long. I shall show you the glorious army that we have prepared for your return."

"I wouldn't go that far." A new voice spoke up and Ix gasped as she saw someone in the doorway to the room. Turning, the Mariage saw a girl in shorts, a short jacket with some sort of black shirt under it, wheeled shoes, a heavily gloved right hand, short purple hair, her arms, stomach and head all had some blood running down them. "I had to beat up another one of your buddies as I came in, now..." She looked at Ix and her eyes widened. "Wait, there was someone here?"

The Mariage stood in front of Ix and morphed its arm into a blade. "You will not touch our king."

Subaru grinned at the Mariage and shifted to a defensive stance. "Funny, because I think that your king is coming with me." When the Mariage in front of her disappeared, Subaru simply dropped to her knees and slammed a fist into the ground, a storm of magical energy spun around her before rushing up in a massive torrential storm. When Subaru heard the Mariage let out a cry of surprise before being blasted away, she moved to a standing position and slowly turned around to see the Mariage slumping to the ground. "Now then... You can let me take your king, or we can continue fighting."

The Mariage said nothing and pointed its arm, which morphed into a cannon, at Subaru.

"Figures," Subaru sighed as she saw that. "Too bad my partner's about to get you." Subaru looked to her left, grinning.

The Mariage turned its head for only a moment, before snapping attention back to Subaru. By that time Subaru had managed to cross the gap, grab the Mariage by her head and lift her up.

"Just so you know," Subaru narrowed her eyes as she squeezed her hand around the Mariage's head, "I don't like people who hurt others pointlessly."

"For our king, Ix!" The Mariage said as she put her cannon arm on Subaru's stomach. "Die."

"You first." Subaru said as she spun and threw the Mariage against the wall. "Divine... MAGNUM!" A sphere formed in her hand before she punched forward, slamming into the wall behind the Mariage as she disappeared from view. "Damn."

"You will make for a powerful Mariage." Subaru's eyes widened as she heard that voice speak from behind her, "now die."

Ix watched, sadly, as her Mariage thrust its arm forward to pierce the girl through her neck. It never got easy to deal with watching people die, even if she had seen it countless times over her endless life.

What happened next wasn't something that she saw too often as several chains snapped around the Mariage, holding her still.

"Should have done this sooner." Subaru said as she turned around and raised her hand upwards until it was eye level, her fingers twitching as a Belkan triangle formed under her feet. "I can't stand people who abuse their power," her hand was glowing as energy seemed to erupt from her fingers, "no matter your reasons, there's never a good reason for using your power to harm those who can't fight back."

"You can," the Mariage pointed out to Subaru, who narrowed her eyes at it.

"I wasn't talking about me! I was talking about that man who killed himself, and it's all your fault!" Subaru screamed as she punched forward, striking the Mariage in the head so hard that the head went flying off and bounced along the floor for several feet. Subaru glared at the body as it fell, panting hard before her anger left her. "I don't..." She trembled and fell to her knees, "I don't like harming people, I don't like it when people use their power to harm others." Squeezing her eyes shut, Subaru could still see that man's look of utter terror as he slashed himself before falling over the balcony. "I'm sorry, I wish I could have saved you."

Ix just watched, curious about the girl who killed her Mariage.

Me: Is it me or those Mariages' logic reminds me of those extremist...

Odin: Like Muruta Azrael And Patrick Zala?

Reia: Vindel Mauser?

Val: Juno, Sera, before she realize her course of action is a mistake, and Sigma?

Iris: Gilbert Durandal and Djibril?

Mariemeia: Those dummies who think IP/CR can innovate the world?

Me: *sweatdrops* Nevermind...

Odin: Anyways... *pulls out the Mariage's head that got punt by Subaru's punch.* How it feels to get you noggin shaken beyond it's normal limit and don't bother self-destructing. Your pretty little head got treated with some nanites that will cancel that special protocol of yours.

Mariage's head: You shall fall before our might, Human.

Odin: *Raised Eyebrow.* To play soccer, *Drops the Mariage's head before kicking it with a Beowulf empowered kick away.* or not to play. That is the question for today. And who said that I'm completely human in the first place?

Mariemeia: Lame joke, Odin.

Reia: I really hope Ixy will have some control over those mariages at the end, together that she will not sleep for another set of eons...